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Mickey Mantle card fetches more than $380,000; Record sale set by Oklahoman's card

This is a 1961 photo of New York Yankees baseball player Mickey Mantle. AP Photo

It's enough to make you dig out your old baseball cards stashed in the worn cigar box in the closet.

This past weekend, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $330,000 at auction, while a Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) graded "8" Mantle card sold for more than $380,000. His 1966 game-worn jersey fetched for more than $322,000.

Mantle, who was born in Spavinaw, moved to Commerce with his family as a baby. Known as the "Commerce Comet" in high school, Mantle played for the New York Yankees from 1951 to 1968.

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In 1974, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The high bid for Mantle's baseball card is believed to have set an all-time record for baseball card auctions.

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Linda Lynn

Linda Lynn was born and raised in rural Oklahoma. A graduate of Purcell High School, Lynn began working at The Oklahoman in 1987 as a reporter after earning a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma.
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